For
the first time in its long history, Swedish truck and bus maker Scania has had
to resort to using another manufacturer’s diesel engines in its vehicles.
Scania’s top brass have
elected to equip the company’s Citywide single deck bus with the Euro 6 version
of Cummins 6.7-litre six-cylinder ISB6.7 diesel engine.
This has not been an easy
decision to make and could be a sign of the times. Could this be the precursor
for further use of the US company’s engines in Scania’s product line-up? And why didn't Scania use an engine from MAN, for example? MAN has a 6.9-litre I6 diesel engine which is used in mid-range trucks. The MAN engine could be heavier and maybe more costly than the Cummins ISB6.7 - the latter aspect of cost may depend on whether the comparison is made between MAN engines made in Germany and Cummins units engines made in Darlington, or Cummins engines made in Darlington and the US
